auboy77

I don’t think Print is dead. I think It’s just less physically Accessible than it used to be . You can pretty much order anything you want online now. Libraries are a good source and I’m in an area(LA) where the libraries are great . Maybe it’s because I’m in a big market area for Print. I don’t know. 

On if I would take low grade restored grade if it was the only available copy, yea , I probably would bc it’s the ONLY available copy. Not sure why you would restore a book only enough to leave it low grade though. Others here would be better at answering that than I would. High grade resto makes the book look fake to me , ie. the Hulk 1 copy that’s on another thread . BTW , that Wonder Comics above is beautifully. Really nice example of good girl art and colors.

Yea the GRR looks real but the 181 looks like a fake cover. Really good copy of the interior if it’s fake too. The square staples on the 181 doesn’t look right. 

I would take low grade over restored all day, every day , —no matter how good the restored book looks. I’m an “original” condition guy.  I would take a 1.0 unrestored over a 9.8 restored . 

Exactly!
 

EC’s had so much dialogue , it was like reading a real book sometimes. 

The morality tales influenced so many , (ie Twilight Zone ). 

Seems that this new one is doing what a lot of them are doing now and making it mainly visual. 
 

The guys doing the new Creepy & Eerie , i think,  have the right approach for us long time fans. 
 

This looks like it’s for the Walking Dead type fans 

Louise “Weezie” Simonson , née Jones

mine, like other peoples here was in Nashville, in the mid 80's , The Great Escape. it used to be over by the Vandy campus but has since moved over the West side b/c the lease was too high and the owners didn't want to renew it. the original location had been there since the 70's. it sold everything pop culture related and i remember my mom letting me a my bro walk to it from the children hospital b/c she was visiting a friends sick child at the time.

i loved the fact that it was old and had stuff everywhere, so you could search for hidden gems , unlike the new location where everything is neat and extremely organized. the old paper smell was awesome. my first comics were marvel team up 53 w/ hulk and spidey for $4 (took all my allowance and ASM annual #1 for a buck (g-vg). also bought the fireside books, bring on the bad guys, origins of marvel comics and marvel comics the women. these are what got me into comics and is the reason i love the bronze /silver age more than copper / modern even tho thats what i should have grown up on. i also found the 60's penguin paperbacks of the hulk and ff, for only a few bucks. i really loved digging through the bottom boxes and finding hidden gems . can't do that anymore , they know the price and everything now . also found some very early marvel masterworks at the time when that line had been discontinued in the 90's. i grew up in that place and now that it has moved and become super organized , i feel my childhood is gone with the old location.

i'm a filmmaker in l.a. now and would love to do a documentary based on everyones stories here.